Community Bonds Create Powerful Force Against Hunger in El Paso
Community Bonds Create Powerful Force Against Hunger in El Paso
- The El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank is collaborating with Marathon Petroleum Corporation's El Paso, Texas, refinery to meet growing demand for food assistance.
- Since 2021, the number of families accessing monthly food distributions at the refinery has increased eightfold.
- Along with continuing distribution efforts in 2024, the refinery has renewed financial support for the food bank with a $75,000 grant and will assist with its annual fundraising gala.
- 埃爾帕索人抗擊飢餓食物銀行正在與馬拉松石油公司的德克薩斯州埃爾帕索煉油廠合作，以滿足不斷增長的糧食援助需求。
- 自2021年以來，在煉油廠獲得每月食物分發的家庭數量增加了八倍。
- 除了在2024年繼續開展配送工作外，該煉油廠還向食品銀行提供了7.5萬美元的補助金，並將爲其年度籌款晚會提供協助。
NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 21, 2024 / Gasoline and other essential energy products are routinely delivered from Marathon Petroleum Corporation's (MPC) El Paso, Texas, refinery to meet critical needs. On the last Friday of every month, the site makes an additional crucial delivery. Employee volunteers conduct drive-through food distributions in a refinery parking lot for people in need, dispensing the food from an 18-wheeler's refrigerated trailer.
馬薩諸塞州北安普敦/ACCESSWIRE/2024年5月21日/ 汽油和其他必需能源產品通常從德克薩斯州馬拉松石油公司（MPC）的埃爾帕索煉油廠交付，以滿足關鍵需求。在每個月的最後一個星期五，該網站都會進行額外的關鍵交付。員工志願者在煉油廠停車場爲有需要的人分發食物，從 18 輪車的冷藏拖車中分發食物。
"We are in our fourth year of monthly distributions with the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank and the only local company that conducts distributions from our own facility," said MPC Principal Corporate Social Responsibility & Community Relations Representative V.J. Smith.
貨幣政策委員會首席企業社會責任和社區關係代表V.J. Smith表示：“我們在El Pasoans抗擊飢餓食品銀行進行月度分發已進入第四年，也是唯一一家在我們自己的設施進行分發的本地公司。”
Since these events began in 2021, demand for assistance has grown eightfold from an average of 50 families a month to roughly 400. This volume requires the food bank to rely on the 18-wheeler, which the refinery purchased for the organization a few years ago to transport food in the local area. Help from refinery employees with the monthly distributions has remained steady. About 20 employee volunteers each month unload, sort and carry food to the lines of vehicles that form.
自2021年這些活動開始以來，援助需求增長了八倍，從平均每月50個家庭增加到大約400個。這一數量要求食物銀行依靠18輪車，煉油廠幾年前爲該組織購買了這輛18輪車來在當地運輸食物。煉油廠員工對月度分配的幫助一直保持穩定。每月大約有20名員工志願者將食物卸下、分揀並運送到形成的車輛隊伍中。
"Most of our workforce is from El Paso and raising families here, so they care deeply about the city," Smith said. "Their passion drives our community investment."
史密斯說：“我們的大多數員工來自埃爾帕索，在這裏撫養家庭，因此他們非常關心這座城市。”“他們的激情推動了我們的社區投資。”
On top of continuing food distributions in 2024, the refinery is providing the food bank with a $75,000 grant, marking the sixth consecutive year it has provided direct financial support. Later this year, MPC plans to help the food bank with its annual fundraising gala after serving as the title sponsor of the 2023 Noche de Estrellas event, which raised $183,370. This event was a reverse gala, meaning community VIPs and gala sponsors worked as servers and treated food bank clients to gourmet dining.
除了在2024年繼續分發糧食外，該煉油廠還向食品銀行提供了7.5萬美元的補助金，這是其連續第六年提供直接財政支持。今年晚些時候，貨幣政策委員會在擔任2023年星之夜活動的冠名贊助商後，計劃幫助該食品銀行舉辦年度籌款晚會，該活動籌集了183,370美元。本次活動是一場反向晚會，這意味着社區貴賓和晚會贊助商充當服務員，爲食物銀行的客戶提供美味佳餚。
"Marathon Petroleum Corporation has consistently demonstrated unparalleled commitment to our mission," said El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank CEO Susan Goodell. "Their renewed support this year, both through generous grants and active participation in our gala, shows their dedication to our community. We're immensely grateful for Marathon's partnership, which truly makes them an amazing ally in our fight against hunger."
埃爾帕索安抗擊飢餓食品銀行首席執行官蘇珊·古德爾說：“馬拉松石油公司一直對我們的使命表現出無與倫比的承諾。”“他們今年通過慷慨的贈款和積極參與我們的晚會再次提供支持，這表明了他們對我們社區的奉獻精神。我們非常感謝馬拉松的合作，這確實使他們成爲我們抗擊飢餓的絕佳盟友。”
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